2 FIREMEN INJURED AND SCHOOL DESTROYED IN SEPARATE BLAZES

Published: March 1, 1982

A suspicious two-alarm blaze destroyed a Hasidic school and synagogue in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn early yesterday, a spokesman for the Fire Deparment reported.

And last night in the Bronx, two firefighters were injured as a blaze roared through a six-story apartment building in the Bedford Park section, according to the spokesman, John Mulligan.

The Brooklyn fire, which was reported at 4:45 A.M., destroyed the three-story brick building at 165 Clymer Street that housed the United Talmudical Academy, the synagogue and the Bais Rochel Book Publishing company.

Two firemen were treated for smoke inhalation at the scene; three other firefighters were taken to Greenpoint Hospital for examination. Fire marshals are investigating the cause of the blaze, Mr. Mulligan said.

The Bronx blaze, at 2805 Creston Avenue in the Bedford Park section, erupted at 8:59 P.M. and quickly went to three alarms before it was brought under control at 11:12 P.M.

One of the injured firemen, 41-year-old John Walsh, was admitted to New York Hospital's burn center with second- and third-degree burns over 25 percent of his body. He was in satisfactory condition, according to a hospital spokesman, Jo Ann Gancer.

The other injured firefighter, Thomas Anello, 41, was treated for first-degree burns to his face and was released. None of the residents of the building were injured, according to the Fire Department.